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Rachel Getting Hungry: Chicken Kebabs with Creamy Pesto Dip

August 5, 2011

Last night, I got home from work just totally mentally exhausted. It was just a very creative day at work and I was wiped out. Instead of crashing on the couch, I decided to try to relax by cooking. I got the chicken kebab recipe via Cooking Light’s iPad app. The ingredients are simple and there is [...]

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Rachel Getting Hungry: Tequila Lime Chicken

July 21, 2011

With summer in full swing, I’ve noticed a lot of recipes featuring lime zest as a main ingredient. I hate zesting, so I tend to avoid these recipes. But when they go and add tequila to the mix, I can’t resist. After I wrote about my zestaphobia, a lot of people left comments telling me [...]

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Let Them Eat Cake

July 18, 2011

Inspired by their recent trip to Texas, my mom decided to throw Preston a Texas-themed family birthday party. After the cakes she made last year — the volcano cake and rainbow cake — she decided to keep it (semi) simple this year with a state of Texas cake. Never one to settle for too simple, [...]

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Lesson #95: How to Cook at All Hours of the Day

July 12, 2011

One of my tips for time management is finding the holes in your day. This is how I get a lot done; I look at my schedule and find little bits of time when I can fit in activities. A lot of times these are activities that I didn’t initially think made sense at that [...]

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The Holiday Weekend

July 5, 2011

What is it about three-day weekends?! I feel supremely relaxed today, like I was just on vacation. And honestly, being in Houston sometimes still feels like vacation. All those palm trees and pools, ya know? I don’t typically get that into the Fourth of July, but with my mom and brother in town, I felt [...]

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Rachel Getting Hungry: Margarita Ice Cream Sandwiches

June 24, 2011

If you like margaritas and you like eating ice ice cream…then I think you’ll like this recipe. (And if you don’t like either of those things…I’m not sure I like you.) Margarita ice cream sandwiches, kids. TGIF. This is How We Do It Scoop 1/4 cup ice cream mixture onto bottom of one cookie, and [...]

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Rachel Getting Hungry: Fruity Curried Chicken Wrap

June 8, 2011

After a long, leisurely trip to the grocery store on Sunday — why is it just so damn relaxing to wander the aisles looking at food!? — I had a marathon cooking session. One of the things I made was this recipe from the June issue of “Cooking Light.” It seemed like the perfect healthy [...]

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Lesson #75: How to Clean Your Fridge Before Vacation

May 12, 2011

Good morning from Charleston, SC! Eric and I left yesterday, and for the past week, we’ve been preparing for the trip by using up as much of the food in our refrigerator as possible. I mean, who wants to let a perfect pint of strawberries spoil? Last week I realized that if you have a [...]

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Cuatro de Mayo

May 4, 2011

On this, the eve of Cinco de Mayo, I feel it is my duty to provide you with some recipes for any celebrations you’d like to engage in tomorrow. But first, let us re-read the cautionary of what you should not do tomorrow: My Very Worst Date: Cinco de Bacle. OK now that we’ve established [...]

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The 1/3 Less Challenge: Less Shortcuts

April 27, 2011

Welcome back to the 1/3 Less Challenge! If you’re just joining us, this is a contest I’m running with prizes provided by KRAFT Singles. The “1/3 less” comes from the 1/3 less fat (2.5 grams of fat per slice compared to 4.5 grams in the leading process cheese slice) that KRAFT Singles Made with 2% [...]

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